Medical Plane Crashed After Military Signals Jammed GPS, Investigators Say

Military jamming disrupted a medical plane's GPS system before it crashed last month in New Mexico

The GPS system on a small medical plane that crashed into a mountainside last month in New Mexico malfunctioned because the military was jamming that signal throughout the area at the time although pilots had been warned to expect that, according to federal investigators. Four people died in the pre-dawn crash on May 14 that sparked a wildfire that burned for weeks in the rugged Capitan Mountains around Ruidoso where the plane was trying to land…

Medical Plane Crashed After Military Signals Jammed GPS, Investigators Say

A medical transport plane that crashed in New Mexico's Capitan Mountains encountered GPS interference linked to military signal jamming, according to a preliminary NTSB report. Investigators have not yet determined whether the disruption caused the crash that killed four crew members and sparked a wildfire. The post Medical Plane Crashed After Military Signals Jammed GPS, Investigators Say appeared first on Brant.One.